Ron Mertens’ blog

I’ve just released the new AdSenseLog version (4.0.0).
This is a complete re-write of the software. I think I made a good job, the code is now way better than the old patchy code. Everything is OOP as it should be.
I have made extensive changes to the user interface, and have included many new features:

Data is [...]

I’ve finished reading this book, the Skeptical Environmentalist. I didn’t really read the whole thing, some parts I “skimmed through”. Basically it is a danish statistic professor, who thinks the “world is in great shape”, and tests most environmental “problems” and shows us that things are rather good. His idea is that we need to [...]

I have decided to learn a bit of PHP and Javascript. I don’t want to become a web-site builder, but it’s important to have at least a little experience.
So I have made my first little PHP script, which inserts all ads and links at my travel page. So if you go to:
http://www.RonMertens.com/india
Then the ads are [...]

I just released a new version of Karteset (2.1.0). It was a small release, and it included a few bug fixes and just a small new feature (URL highlighting in cards). I also changed the installation to Inno setup, which is the new installation tool I’m going to use from now on.

I finished writing and uploading the Crete travelogue…
http://www.RonMertens.com/2006/crete
It is pretty exciting, what with the wedding pictures and all…

Michal has written a good guide on how to get married in Crete. We had to find all that by ourselves, but the next couple might have an easier life :
http://www.ronmertens.com/2006/crete/marriageGuide/
By the way, it’s in hebrew…

I just finished reading “The Carbon War”, by Jeremy Leggett. Jeremy was an Oxford professor, until he decided to do something about Global warming. He joined Greenpeace, and the book tells of the years 1990-1997, from the early warning signs to the signing of the Kyoto agreement.
The troubling part is that Jeremy (and obviously he [...]

In the past couple of weeks, we saw three great movies.
The first was Volver by Almodovar. A beautiful film, I really enjoyed it. This guy knows how to do his movies. A little bit on the weird-fantasy thingies. It was worth it just for the beautiful spanish they talk there.
The second was Pirate of the [...]

We’re back from Crete! Michal (who’s now my wife, but only in Greece) and I.
We had a great time… A real vacation. Most of the time we spent at the pool side, or at the beach. We did a couple of day trips with the car. It was so hot we didn’t feel like leaving [...]